By Dr Bob Stouffer. Posted Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:45 pm Filed Under: Education, Evolution, Faith, Featured
Prior to the start of the school year, a parent very wisely asked me to write an article which essentially responds to the following question - “How can a Christian effectively respond to ‘Walking with Dinosaurs: The Life Experience,’ a traveling stage show which depicts dinosaurs as they lived prior to extinction?”
The “Walking with Dinosaurs” production is described by the producers as a “dazzling arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality,” and it is scheduled in Des Moines for October 1-5 at the Iowa Events Center.
What’s the rub?! Why any controversy?! Dinosaurs are cool! Dinosaurs fascinate people, particularly schoolchildren. “There’s no harm in studying dinosaurs,” you might say.
On August 19, 2008, I joined a panel of Christian school educators on Steve Deace’s WHO AM-1040 Radio program to discuss a recent California Supreme Court ruling which upheld The University of California system’s right to deny college credit to students who had taken Christian school science classes which used textbooks teaching the biblical account [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:14 pm Filed Under: Courts, SCOTUS, capital punishment
I am surprised I didn’t see more blogs lit up over this today (Allahpundit over at Hot Air did hit on it, though).
The Supreme Court was wrong.
That is, Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion in Kennedy v. Louisiana, was wrong. If you recall, Kennedy wrote in his opinion (discussed here last week) that
Thirty-seven jurisdictions—36 [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 10:21 pm Filed Under: Evolution, Intelligent Design
The wife and I finally got time to see Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
We were aghast.
Dr. Bob Stouffer did a great job reflecting on this movie. But it still did not prepare me for what I witnessed.
It was haunting.
There were three things that impressed themselves upon me.
First, that in the world of Academia the idea [...]
By Dr Bob Stouffer. Posted Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm Filed Under: Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Science
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Dr. Bob Stouffer is Superintendent of Des Moines Christian School in Urbandale, Iowa, and the newest addition to The Conservative Reader’s Editorial Team.
On Monday, April 14, 2008, I was privileged to join a large theater audience in Des Moines for a special viewing of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a documentary by Ben Stein [...]
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